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as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell
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as in conjurer
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat
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Recent Examples of magician
In the one-reel short — which features only one single camera set-up, as was commonplace at the time — Méliès plays a magician who winds up an automaton dressed as the clown Pierrot.
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Eric Henderson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
In 2008, Lake became the youngest magician in history to receive magic’s highest honor — The Merlin Award for International Stage Magician of the Year.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Weeks later, we’re still flummoxed by our magician’s final trick.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
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Eric Henderson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
In 2008, Lake became the youngest magician in history to receive magic’s highest honor — The Merlin Award for International Stage Magician of the Year.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Weeks later, we’re still flummoxed by our magician’s final trick.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magician
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The land of sorcerers, dragons and savagery played out across eight gripping series, drawing millions of viewers into the fictional worlds of Westeros, Essos, and beyond.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The women in the corps are swans because of a spell cast on them by a sorcerer named von Rothbart.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Their conjurers, who refuse to accept the rules of the real world, can also be great fun to read about.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Supporting the lead characters is Annie (Mosaku), Smoke’s true love and the town’s trusted spiritual healer and Hoodoo conjurer.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
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The fantasy series follows the elf mage Frieren, who was part of a band of heroes recognized for defeating the Demon King.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Interspersed throughout the main storyline, sequences depict how Trent Ikithon (Mark Strong) recruited the promising fire mage to join his magic academy, submit to painful experimentations to enhance his power, and eventually groomed him to become a Volstrucker assassin to hunt down dissidents.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec. 2025
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There was David Gamson, a 24-year-old electronics wizard and composer-in-training who helped to shape Cupid and Psyche 85’s extravagant layers of sampled and synthesized sound, a tapestry of iridescent edges whose startling complexity was inspired in part by his interest in classical counterpoint.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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For years, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has been a wizard at designing blitzes that fool quarterbacks.—
Sam McDowell
February 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
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Tituba, one of the first women accused of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, was described by nineteenth-century chroniclers as a Black woman.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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In the absence of a good officialdom that can help children, Hjorth offers a good witch who can hold them.—
Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Magician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magician. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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